Angelina Jolie opens up about her journey with her three adopted children

When the pandemic lockdown first became a reality, Angelina Jolie thought that she’d finally learn to cook. It “never happened,” said the filmmaker, actor, and activist in a recent interview with Vogue India. “I know my limits.” Instead, she’s been focusing on her work as a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and reflecting on how that mission has influenced the kind of parent that she is (and vice versa).“Cambodia was the country that made me aware of refugees. It made me engage in foreign affairs in a way I never had, and join UNHCR. Above all, it made me a mom,” Jolie told the magazine. “In 2001, I was in a school programme in Samlout playing blocks on the floor with a little kid and as clear as day I thought: ‘My son is here.’ A few months later I met baby Mad at an orphanage. I can’t explain it and am not one to believe in messages or superstition. But it was just real and clear.”